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Gerald Keddy
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House of Commons
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- 129 Aberdeen Road, Suite 106 (Main Office) Bridgewater, Nova Scotia B4V 2S7 Telephone: 902-527-5655 Fax: 902-527-5656
- PO Box 582 Causeway Professional Centre Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia B0W 1G0 Telephone: 902-637-3945 Fax: 902-637-3946
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@GeraldKeddy Thanks for the support! Do you support unscheduling cannabis? #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/r6YaQxsYGm
— Sam Vekemans (@acrosscanada) April 1, 2014
supports decriminalize - needs current statement****
Contraventions Act and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (marijuana)
Private Members' Business
April 11th, 2002 / 6:15 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
Gerald Keddy
South Shore, NS
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We can talk about the dollars that are spent on law enforcement and trying to control marijuana. We can talk about the fact that we have already legalized the medical use of marijuana. It is still extremely hard to access even for medical use. The issue here is simple. The majority of Canadians at some point in their life have broken the law and smoked marijuana or cannabis.
Are we going to continue to have young Canadians and Canadians everywhere hold a criminal record because they were caught with a marijuana cigarette or because they made a mistake in judgment at some time in their life? I do not think so. I think it is up to the Parliament of Canada to deal with this issue in a comprehensive way, and decriminalization is a start.
There are other issues here and those issues should be fleshed out in committee. We should come back here with a package that we can all look at, that we can weigh the pros and cons and make a decision about this substance.
There are other health issues. We have talked about tobacco, and there is a serious health issue with smoking marijuana. There is the definite tar in the substance that will cause the same effect on our lungs as tobacco smoking causes. We know for a fact that it lowers the white blood cell count. Therefore, there are health issues around marijuana.
There is also the fact that with the prohibition on alcohol everyone was drinking. With prohibition Canadians finally came to their senses and said “We cannot control this, so let us legalize it and that will give us some form of control”.
Some kid who is 16 years old who has a criminal record because of being caught with too much marijuana in his or her pocket would not be arrested when crossing the border to the United States. However people might not be 16 when they are arrested. They might be 24. They might have graduated from university and have a job south of the border but find they cannot access the job because of a criminal record.
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http://openparliament.ca/debates/2002/4/11/gerald-keddy-3/
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On Feb 9, 2014 10:39 AM, "Sam Vekemans" <@gmail.com> wrote:
February 9, 2014
Member: Gerald Keddy Constituency: South Shore—St. Margaret's Constituency Office: 129 Aberdeen Road, Suite 106 (Main Office) Bridgewater, Nova Scotia B4V 2S7
Telephone: 902-527-5655 Fax: 902-527-5656
PO Box 582 Causeway Professional Centre Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia B0W 1G0
Telephone: 902-637-3945 Fax: 902-637-3946 Email: gerald.keddy@parl.gc.ca
re: Does Gerald Keddy support the removal of cannabis as a schedule II controlled substance from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (S.C. 1996, c. 19)?
Dear Gerald Keddy,
Do you support the simple removal of cannabis as a schedule II controlled substance from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (S.C. 1996, c. 19)?, and let it be treated the same as Lettuce, Tomato, Oregano, Roses, Aloe Vera, Fern or any other common garden herb, flower or house plant?
Do you know the difference between Cannabis Sativa, Cannabis Indica, and Cannabis Ruderalis?
I look forward to receiving your responses as it will be made public, so then others wont need to ask you the same question.
Kind regards,
Sam Vekemans (address)
P.S. All 306 Members of Parliament are being asked these same questions.
ref: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-38.8/page-25.html SCHEDULE II (Sections 2, 3, 4 to 7, 10, 29, 55 and 60) 1.Cannabis, its preparations, derivatives and similar synthetic preparations, including ...
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